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Re: Why do some diesels have throttle plates?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 11/29/2018

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Thanks, Steve

I just wondered about that. When I worked heavy construction, we had a Caterpillar V-12 (I think) light plant. I think it ran about 800-1,000 rpm 24 hours per day. We could actually c... Login to read more.